The time has come. Our Awards night is almost upon us, and you’re all invited! Come celebrate with us Thursday the 5th December as we recognise the outstanding achievements of young writers and media-makers across Australia. We will be announcing the winners of the John Marsden Prize for Young Writers, presented by none other than the […]
A video game reviewing publication, poetry machine, and multilingual publication are the three big winners from the inaugural Young Writers Innovation Prize. Funded by the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund and administered by Express Media, the Young Writers Innovation Prize is a new initiative that aims to unleash the potential of young thinkers. Young writers across […]
Sad as we are to see it end every year, we’ve reached the end of National Young Writers Month for 2013. We hope you’ve learned a lot, and been inspired to write and reach your goal. Expect to hear from us again in 2014, when we will once again look forward to a month jam-packed […]
Have you ever wished you had a mentor you could call on whenever you needed advice? Ever thought about having a space away from it all where you could concentrate on just writing? This kind of support base could help keep you on track with whatever writing goal you choose to go on with as […]
Do you have a musical streak as well as a literary one? It’s always beneficial to try out new creative mediums, and which one could be more obvious for a writer than songwriting? Many very successful musicians have crossed over from music to the written word and vice versa, and much discussion about the musicality […]
We’re so close to the end! Time to start thinking about revisions, big-picture editing and polishing your writing projects. On the NSW Writers’ Centre blog The Art of Revision post gives you a great sense of why revision is important, and should be treated as more than the drudgery at the end of the fun […]
Do you blog? Blogging can be a great habit to keep you writing, as well as offering you the opportunity to connect with other writers. You probably noticed nearly all of our featured writers during NYWM keep a blog. Blogs can be personal, professional or somewhere inbetween, but no matter what form a blog takes […]
How do you find out about new books to read? Do you check out shortlists for prizes such as the Stella Prize or Miles Franklin? Check out recommendations from Goodreads? How about the helpful What Should I Read Next tool? Are you participating in the Australian Women Writers Challenge? Or do you rely on good […]
Name: Tasha Llewellyn Age: 24 State: Qld What is your NYWM goal? I am hoping to write four pieces this month to submit to four different submissions/competitions at the moment. My goal is to have at least one of them published. What kind of writing do you do? I write a lot of short stories […]
Did you know Fridays are when the Voiceworks crew upload a new writing exercise to the Virgule blog? Every week there’s a fresh one, and today we’ll take you through a few of our favourites from the archives. Considering many of you will be reaching the end of your goals for the month shortly, this […]
